Goya’s Ghosts

<i>Goya's Ghosts</i> starts off in Spain in 1792 and tells the story - through the eyes of the great Spanish painter Francisco Goya - of a group of people caught up in a time of political convulsion and historical change. The action takes place from the final years of the Spanish Inquisition through the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army to the ultimate defeat of the French and restoration of the Spanish monarchy by Wellington's powerful invading army.<br /><br />Javier Bardem Brother Lorenzo, an enigmatic, cunning member of the Inquisition's inner circle who becomes involved with Goya's teenage muse, Ines (Natalie Portman), when she is falsely accused of heresy and sent to prison. Stellan Skarsgard plays Francisco Goya, the celebrated painter renowned for both his colourful court paintings and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in Spain.<br /><br />